Category Archives: Virginia

Analyzing Swing States: Virginia, Part 2

This is the second part of a series of posts analyzing the swing state Virginia. It will focus on Republican Virginia. The third part can be found here. History After the Civil War, Virginia constituted a reliable Democratic stronghold. Conservative … Continue reading

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Analyzing Swing States: Virginia, Part 1

This is the first part of a series of posts analyzing the swing state Virginia. The second part can be found here. During the ’08 campaign, the political beltway famously defined Virginia as a Republican stronghold gone Democratic. For ten … Continue reading

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Analyzing Virginia’s 2009 Gubernatorial Election, Part 2

This is the second part of two posts analyzing Virginia’s 2009 gubernatorial election. (Note: All statistics are derived from http://www.uselectionatlas.org/). Comparing Mr. Deeds to Other Democratic Coalitions When Democrats nominated State Senator Creigh Deeds, they nominated a rural, moderate Democrat … Continue reading

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Analyzing Virginia’s 2009 Gubernatorial Election, Part 1

This is the first part of two posts analyzing Virginia’s 2009 gubernatorial election. The second part can be found here. (Note: All statistics are derived from http://www.uselectionatlas.org/). A normal observer might see the above map and naturally conclude that the … Continue reading

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Two Trends on Election Night

Last night’s election exhibited two trends: one positive for the country as a whole, and one more ominous for Democrats. Firstly, Americans rejected negative campaigning and extremism – whether it be in Virginia, New Jersey, NY-23, or Maine. Secondly, the … Continue reading

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